Happy New Year's Eve

From meteorologist Jason Myers......


Happy New Year!
What a warm way to end up 2005. Today's high temperature reached 79 degrees after a low of 40 degrees. Warm and windy conditions are forecasted for tomorrow with southwesterly flow. A low pressure system will move across the Great Plains bringing wind gusts up to 40 mph. A Red Flag Warning and Wind Advisory is in effect for tomorrow. The Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are expected Sunday due to low relative humidity values, dry vegatation, and winds sustained around 20 to 30 mph. The Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph or higher are expected. Please use caution tomorrow because of the dry condions and high winds. Sunday's high will be 80 degrees getting close to tieing or beating the record of 82 degrees. High pressure will be in control this week keeping temperatures mild due to mostly sunny skies. Monday and Tuesday's high temperature will be in the low to mid 70s. A cold front will move through late Tuesday bringing down Wednesday and Thursday's high temperatures in the lower to mid 60s.

For 2005 in Abilene(courtesy the NWS):

Finishing the year- precipitation is 4.12" below normal.
Hottest Temperature: 105 degrees on July 3rd
Lowest Temperature: 10 degrees on December 8th
January-March 2006 Outlook:
Above normal temperatures, and below normal precipitation.

It's been a wild 2005 with weather. Happy New Year!